Rant: Honeywell vs DSC wireless panels - stop wasting time on DSC for commercial jobs

Been doing this for about 8 years now. Last month I put in a DSC PowerSeries in a small office building in Cleveland. Took me 3 extra hours because the wireless range was garbage through their metal studs. Had to add a repeater, then the keypad kept dropping connection. Next week I did the same setup with a Honeywell Vista 20p and everything linked up in 2 hours flat. No extra gear needed. I'm done messing with DSC for anything over 2,000 square feet. Anyone else find Honeywell just works better for bigger buildings?

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dylan_rodriguez4d ago

Honeywell has some issues too with panel spacing on long runs.

irishenderson4d agoMost Upvoted

So is that code just a suggestion or do they actually expect us to follow it? Because nothing says "we care about safety" like squeezing panels so close together you can't even get a screwdriver in there to adjust a wire. I had a job last year where the spacing was so tight I had to bend the conduit with my teeth just to get it to fit. Or at least that's what it felt like after the fourth panel.